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  • The Detective Up Late

  • The Sean Duffy Series, Book 7
  • By: Adrian McKinty
  • Narrated by: Gerard Doyle
  • Length: 9 hrs and 15 mins
  • 4.8 out of 5 stars (63 ratings)

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The Detective Up Late

By: Adrian McKinty
Narrated by: Gerard Doyle
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Publisher's Summary

“Adrian McKinty is a gifted storyteller I love to read, and Sean Duffy is a character you will never forget.”Don Winslow, #1 internationally bestselling author

From New York Times bestselling author Adrian McKinty comes the next thrilling mystery in the Edgar Award-winning Sean Duffy detective series

Slamming the door on the hellscape of 1980s Belfast, Detective Inspector Sean Duffy hopes that the 1990s are going to be better for him and the people of Northern Ireland. As a Catholic cop in the mainly Protestant RUC he still has a target on his back, and with a steady girlfriend and a child the stakes couldn’t be higher.

After handling a mercurial triple agent and surviving the riots and bombings and assassination attempts, all Duffy wants to do now is live. But in his final days in charge of Carrickfergus CID, a missing persons report captures his attention. A fifteen-year-old traveler girl has disappeared and no one seems to give a damn about it. Duffy begins to dig and uncovers a disturbing underground of men who seem to know her very well. The deeper he digs the more sinister it all gets. Is finding out the truth worth it if DI Duffy is going to get himself and his colleagues killed? Can he survive one last case before getting himself and his family out over the water?

©2023 Adrian McKinty (P)2023 Blackstone Publishing

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Saved the best till last!

Great plot, totally engrossing, has it all. I’m so going to miss Sean Duffy, such a brilliant character!

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Sean Duffy returns !

So very pleased to have another Duffy adventure available and read by the talented GDoyle. I’m about to go back to the beginning of the series and listen again - Please Adrian McKinty keep writing the SD series - it gives so many of us a lot of enjoyment .

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Another brilliant story in the Duffy series , please don’t be the last !

Brilliant narration , brilliant story . How has this not been made into a TV series ??.
It would be brilliant !

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McKinty Strikes Again

DI Sean Duffy is Ireland's answer to John Rebus - though darker and funnier. A brilliant, strangely life affirming saga of a homicide RUC Detective set in 1980s Ulster.

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All expectations met

The author produces his usuhigj standard in this entertaining title. It's a satisfying rounding out of Duffy's character arc with some humour to sweeten the deal. My only disappointment is that I will have to wait sooo long for the next title.

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One of his best

Brilliant writing, plot and characterizations, as usual. Have always loved the Sean Duffy series - and the Tom Waits’ references in the book titles are an added bonus. Great narration too!

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No, it can’t be the last Duffy story!!!

I knew 60 seconds in that this book would be just as superb as all the others in the series. And this both thrilled me and filled me with dread because I never want the stories of Det Duffy to end.
Gerard Doyle was his utterly brilliant self.
The action, drama and black humour on the money.
Come on McKinty… one more???

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Please don’t let this be the last!!

Very well written and I love Gerard Doyle’s superb delivery. More please Adrian!! This cannot be the end!!

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I’m going to miss Sean Duffy!

This has been a brilliant series of books. Great story twists mixed with insights into the Troubles. Loved every minute.

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good as always

fantastic performance and an interesting case. duffy is written with such personality - I love all his quotes and music and stubbornness.

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